Serviette: Canadians refer to serviettes instead of table napkins, especially if they (the napkins, not the Canadians) are made of paper. This is fading with time.

Serviette is the French word. I call them napkins.

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Sniggler: A sniggler is someone who takes the parking spot you wanted, or who otherwise does something perfectly legitimate, but which nonetheless inconveniences or annoys you. (This isn't a real word, but it is incredibly fun to say aloud. Try it and see for yourself.)

I wouldn't know as I have never said, or heard this word said, aloud.

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Sook or suck: A crybaby. The adjective is sookie or suckie. Sook rhymes with hook. For some reason, you can get away with using sook in polite company, but never suck.

Never heard sook.

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States: The US of A is almost always referred to as the States, except in writing, when it becomes the US.

Twenty-sixer: Actually, with the introduction of metric, this should be called a 750er, since the bottles of booze now contain 750 millilitres rather than 26 fluid ounces. Young Canadian men frequently boast about consuming twenty-sixers and two-fours, all by themselves. You can safely assume they are either lying or dead. See "Pissed."

Now I'm not an alcoholic but I do have a lot of friends who drink a lot and I've never heard this term.

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Utilidor: Short for utility corridor , this term is used mostly in the Canadian North.

I'm not from the north but I've never heard this term.

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In the Ottawa Valley, the accent is heavily influenced by the Irish who settled the area. The accent here is even more close-mouthed than it is elsewhere in Canada.

I don't even know what that means but that's supposed to be me.

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As time goes on and Candians watch more American TV, Canadians everywhere are beginning to sound more like Americans.

Well that's pretty closed minded. Considering how many Canadians there are in the US entertainment industry and how many US shows and movies are shot in Toronto, Vancouver and other Canadian cities I think the opposite is also very true.

interesting the terms I've never heard of...I do use housecoat and bathrobe as 2 distinctive terms and, being québécoise, I hear a lot about 'pure laine', although not in a derogatory way; allophone gets used a lot around here. For the rest, I don't know of anyone who uses these words. I thought a Chesterfield was a breed of horse...

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